United States Sixth Circuit

Unless the statute under which a party seeks attorney's fees contains an independent grant of jurisdiction, an appellate court must vacate an award of attorney's fees if the district court did not have subject matter jurisdiction over the litigation.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/11/2004
• Decided 08/31/2004
• Published 08/31/2004

Judges

• MOORE, Circuit Judge., Before SILER, MOORE, and COLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip L. Zorn, Jr. (argued and briefed), Christian J. Schaefer (briefed), Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office, Cincinnati, OH, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Stephen R. Felson (argued and briefed), Robert B. Newman (briefed), Cincinnati, OH, Lisa T. Meeks (briefed), Newman & Meeks, Cincinnati, OH, for Appellees.